Valerie Ryan reports from the recent IMT Practice Management Seminar at the Aviva Stadium on some of the most pressing issues facing general practice.
Major changes needed in chronic disease care
April 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A new national study of GPs’ attitudes on chronic disease management has highlighted the need for financial and practical supports. Priscilla Lynch reports.
Competition and PC Strategy cannot mix
April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Lloyd Mudiwa. There is inherent tension between the Competition Authority’s requirement for general practice to be a competing healthcare market and the Government’s Primary Care Strategy, the IMO has said.
Watching the cost base is crucial
April 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
With general practices experiencing declining income, it is now even more imperative for practitioners to watch their cost base, tax expert David McCaffrey tells Lloyd Mudiwa.
Data-sharing study looking for GP input
March 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dear Editor, I am writing to invite readers of Irish Medical Times to participate in a national survey of GPs. I am a GP myself from Dublin 14 and, as part of a Masters in Healthcare Informatics in UCD, I am investigating GPs’ attitudes to data sharing.
Integrated diabetes care is priority – HSE
March 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The HSE views integrated diabetes care as a priority and general practice is the key to making this happen. This was the key message at a symposium on ‘Planned Initiatives for Diabetes Care in Ireland’ hosted by the Graduate Entry Medical School at UL and the HSE.
Listening and learning
March 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The use of cognitive behavioural therapy in tandem with medical intervention can yield benefits for patients and a new book offers insights on how to do this most effectively. Pat Kelly reports.
Referrals to past experience
March 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dr Ruairi Hanley has reservations over the new national referral template, as he fears hospitals may use it as an excuse to delay outpatient appointments.
Our service to general practice should now be recognised by College
March 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dear Editor, On behalf of many others, I wish to thank Dr Ruairi Hanley for bringing out in the open the plight of non-EU GPs who are not vocationally trained but have been working in Irish general practice for several years, as per the rules of ICGP, and continue to be denied GMS entry (‘Torture [...]
Right time, right place, right care
March 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Chairperson of the Primary Palliative Care National Steering Group Dr Paul Gregan tells Pat Kelly about the latest efforts to formalise and structure the delivery of palliative care in the general practice setting.
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